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Israel has increasingly become an important centre for conducting multinational clinical trials, with major pharmaceutical companies sponsoring trials in the country's many academic and medical facilities. With high-quality medical professionals and leading academics, in addition to a diverse population base and a modernized regulatory environment, Israel is an attractive venue for conducting clinical research.

Any business would be able to register gTLDs under proposals likely to be approved later this month

Changes to European patent law have brought an end to the need for Swiss-type claims. Béatrice Holtz and Lionel Vial of Lavoix explain what replaces them

Two IP owners trying to assert their rights by dispatching letters to competitors found the Australian courts unsympathetic. Charles Tansey of Shelston IP explains why

• German pharma company Bayer suffered a blow when the antitrust authority in Germany fined it €10.3 million on April 28 for fixing the price of Aspirin and other over-the-counter medications.

Organizations in the Middle East are becoming more aware of the importance of and the value associated with their intellectual property rights. IP is being recognized as a primary or key asset of an organization and a key tool for achieving and maintaining a competitive advantage. Branding that incorporates the use of IP is also seen as an essential element of success in today's business environment and is responsible for conveying messages to consumers to differentiate a business and its products in the marketplace.

The Italian Constitutional Court issued a decision (Number 112/2008) last April relating to the legal situation of lawsuit proceedings which are now under appeal and which were originally heard – during the first instance – by ordinary courts, that is according to the rules that applied before the entry into force of Decree Law Number 168/2003 of 2003, which created dedicated IP courts responsible for hearing IP matters.

The DR-CAFTA brought many economic changes to El Salvador. It also changed the business environment between El Salvador and the US. As a consequence of the agreement, trade mark law also underwent important changes, particularly regarding times and procedures.

The US House Judiciary Committee has passed a bill designed to give the government more powers to crack down on IP crime

In connection with the promotion or advertising of their goods, companies often try to compare their product offerings with those of a competitor. The use of comparative advertising often raises the question of how to refer to a third party brand properly without infringing that party's proprietary rights. This issue also arises when a company offers a service that directly relates to an already existing third party product offering and that company wants to reference the third-party brand in order to describe the services it offers (and the relative advantages).